Massage pillow

ABSTRACT

This invention discloses a massage pillow comprising an external pocket which is a semi-closed pocket having an opening, a latch device disposed at the opening, and a pocket chamber defined therein; an internal pocket which is a semi-closed tubular pocket at one end having a pipe hole connected to the opening of the external pocket and the other end having a pocket opening disposed at an appropriate position, and a pipe chamber defined therein for accommodating a vibrator; and a filler made of soft material passing through the pocket opening along the pipe chamber to be filled inside the pocket chamber, and then the pocket opening being sealed to constitute the massage pillow.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a massage pillow, more particular to apillow having an external pocket connected to a rectangular internalpocket, and the internal pocket serves as an inlet for filling fillers;after the internal pocket is sealed, the pipe chamber of the internalpocket can accommodate a vibrator for achieving the massage effect.

2. Description of the Related Art

Pillows are common and indispensable to our daily life, and theextensive definition of pillow covers regular pillows, hugging pillows,leaning pillows, neck pillows or even cushions disposed at the back of aseat for supporting our lower back. Pillows generally have the featureof being made by a soft material, so that the pillow will not be toohard or uncomfortable when our body touches the pillow.

The conventional pillow generally provides a comfortable softness byfilling soft fillers into an external pocket, and such fillers could bea natural material such as rice husk, bean, coconut cellulose, andcotton, or an artificial material such as polylon and plastic polymer.These fillers could be in a wooly form, a lump form, or a granular formto fit the length, width and height of the pocket. In other words, theposition of the filler in the pocket can be changed or varied.

In general, the filler of a conventional pillow is filled from anopening on one side of the pocket. After the filler is filled, theopening of the pocket is sewed directly, and thus the filler in thepillow cannot be taken out. If cleaning and sanitation are taken intoconsideration, pillows are generally laundered to remove greases orstains after being used for a while. However, the filler inside thepocket of the conventional pillow cannot be taken out, which willdefinitely affect the laundry effect. Therefore, improvements are madeto overcome the foregoing shortcoming by designing a latch device suchas a zipper at the opening, so that the filler can be put into or takenout from the pillow, and the pockets can be cleaned separately. However,there is still a shortcoming if the filler is in a granular form. Whenthe latch device is split or burst open accidentally, the granularfiller will fall out from the cracked crevices, and will thus make aterrible mess.

In addition, some manufacturers have installed a vibrator into acushion, so that a driver can turn on the vibrator by the power supplyfrom cigarette lighter socket in the car and eliminate the numbness ofthe buttocks due to a long-hour drive. However, when such vibrator isinstalled inside the cushion, it must have an electric wire for thepower supply, which is inapplicable for pillows.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the foregoing shortcomings, the inventor of the presentinvention based on years of experience on the design and sales ofmassage products to conduct extensive experiments and tests to overcomethe shortcomings on the filler from falling out of the pillow and theinstallation of power cable of the massager, and finally invented themassage pillow in accordance with the invention.

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a massagepillow comprising an external pocket which is a semi-closed pockethaving an opening, a latch device disposed at the opening, and a pocketchamber defined therein; an internal pocket which is a semi-closedtubular pocket at one end having a pipe hole connected to the opening ofthe external pocket and the other end having a pocket opening disposedat an appropriate position, and a pipe chamber defined therein foraccommodating a vibrator; and a filler made of soft material passingthrough the pocket opening along the pipe chamber to be filled insidethe pocket chamber, and then the pocket opening being sealed toconstitute the massage pillow.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the disassembled parts of the massagepillow according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the assembled structure of themassage pillow according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the assembled structure of the massagepillow according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

To make it easier for our examiner to understand the objective of theinvention, its structure, innovative features, and performance, we use apreferred embodiment together with the attached drawings for thedetailed description of the invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for the massage pillow of the present invention,which comprises an external pocket 1, an internal pocket 2, a filler 3,and a vibrator 4.

The external pocket 1 is a semi-closed pocket preferably made by a weavecloth, and includes but not limited to a latch device 12 such as azipper or an adhesive tape disposed at one side of an opening 11, sothat the external pocket 1 can be closed or opened. A pocket chamber 12is formed inside the internal pocket 1 for accommodating the followingcomponents. In addition, the external pocket can be designed withdifferent patterns or characters to stimulate the consumer's purchasingdesire.

The internal pocket 2 is a long tubular weave cloth, having one end of apipe opening 21 being coupled with an opening 11 such that the two areinterconnected, and the other side of the pocket is flipped inside out.The internal pocket 2 facilitates filling in the filler 3 into anappropriate position such as a pocket opening 22 proximate to an outerside, so that the filler 3 can pass through the pocket opening 22 alongthe tubular internal pocket 22 into the pocket chamber 12 to define apillow. To avoid the filler 3 from coming out from the pocket opening22, so that the filler 3 can pass through the pocket opening 22 alongthe tubular internal pocket 22 into the pocket chamber 12 to define apillow. To avoid the filler 3 from coming out from the pocket opening 22and being filled up the pipe chamber 23 enclosed by the internal pocket2, sewing or having another latch device 24 such as a zipper or anadhesive tape to eliminate the possibility of having the filler remainedinside the pipe chamber 23.

The filler 3 is sued for filling up the pocket chamber 12 of theexternal pocket 1, so that the external pocket 1 remains in its shapewhen it is in use. Therefore, the filler 3 should not be larger than theinternal volume of the external pocket 1. For convenience, the filler 3is preferably in the granular form of polylon or plastic polymermaterials or resin cotton in lumps. However, this invention is notlimited by the form of the filler 3. In the experiment conducted by theinventor, it shows that it is preferably to have the filler 3 in thegranular form.

The vibrator 4, which is a prior art, and is disposed inside the pipechamber 23 and driven by the bias rotation of a direct current motor toprovide the vibration and massage effects. In order to provide a slightvibration and a low noise for comfortable rest, it is preferably to havea small vibrator that adopts a No. 3 dry cell battery.

Please refer to FIGS. 2 and 3. If the massage pillow of this inventionis a hugging pillow and needs to have a massage function for suchpillow, it only needs to open the latch device 12 of the external pocket1 and remove the vibrator 4 and switch the vibrator 4 on, and then plugthe vibrator 4 into the pipe chamber 23 to have the massage effect forthe pillow. Alternatively, since the filler 3 in the external pocket 1is granular, therefore use a finger to poke inside to find the vibrator4 disposed inside the pipe chamber 23, and turn on the switch by a handto get the same vibration and message effects. Further, the internalpocket 2 of the invention is relatively deep, and thus the position ofthe pocket chamber 12 can be adjusted freely and the depth for buryingthe vibrator 4 cam be adjusted to have the variation of positions andvibration strength. After the battery is exhausted, it only needs toopen the latch device 12 of the external pocket 1 and remove thevibrator 4 for battery change. The present invention is a greatinvention of the same sort, which does not have any problem with powercables.

While the invention has been described by way of examples and in termsof preferred embodiments, it is to be understood, that the invention isnot limited thereto. To the contrary, it is intended to cover variousmodifications and similar arrangements and procedures, and the scope ofthe appended claims therefore should be accorded the broadestinterpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similararrangements and procedures.

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 10. A massage pillow comprising: a) an external pockethaving: i) an interior pocket chamber; ii) an external pocket opening ina peripheral wall; and iii) a external latch device selectively openingand closing the external pocket opening; b) an internal pocket movableinto and out of the external pocket and having: i) an pipe chamberformed in an interior of the internal pocket such that, when theinternal pocket is located in the interior of the external pocket, thepipe chamber is movable within the interior pocket chamber; ii) a pipeopening located in a peripheral wall of the internal pocket aligned withand connected to the external pocket opening; and iii) an internalpocket opening located in a peripheral wall of the internal pocket, theinterior pocket chamber communicating with the exterior of the externalpocket through the internal pocket opening; c) a filler inserted intothe interior pocket chamber; and d) a vibrator inserted into the pipechamber and being movable between a plurality of predetermined positionswithin the filler.
 11. The massage pillow according to claim 10, whereinthe external pocket and the internal pocket are made of a woven cloth.12. The massage pillow according to claim 10, wherein the filler is madeof a plastic polymer material.
 13. The massage pillow according to claim10, wherein the external latch device is one of a zipper and an adhesivetape.
 14. The massage pillow according to claim 10, wherein the internalpocket opening is sewn closed.
 15. The massage pillow according to claim10, further comprising an internal latch device selectively opening andclosing the internal pocket opening.
 16. The massage pillow according toclaim 15, wherein the internal latch device is one of a zipper and anadhesive tape.